John Robert Vernon Dolphin
born 1.10.1905 Christleton,Chester,Cheshire
son of Harold Evelyn and Dorothy Rachel (nee Burton) Dolphin
educated Marlborough College,Wiltshire
graduated Loughborough Engineering College 1926
employed at Hydraulic Engineering Co,Chester 1926-28
Inspector for Selection Trust Ltd (2 years)
manager,Austin Hoy and Co Ltd
sales manager/engineer,Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co.Ltd 1934
owner,John Dolphin Ltd Consultants 1938
commissioned 4/5 Bn Cheshire Regiment (TA) 27.4.1928 (2Lt)
Lieutenant 27.4.1931
TARO 15.7.1931
mobilised 24.8.1939
T/Captain
Major (WS)
T/Lieutenant Colonel July 1942
transferred to R.E.M.E. 1.6.1943
C.O. SOE Station IX (Inter-Services Research Station,Welwyn) June 1943 - 1945
TARO postwar
award T.A. Decoration (TD) for long service
Substantive Major 1.4.1949
retired 12.11.1960 (H/Lt Colonel)
managing director,Corgi Motorcycle Co.Ltd 1946
owner,Dolphin Industrial Developments Ltd and Hydraulics Development Ltd until 1950
Chief Engineer,Atomic Weapons Research Establishment 1951-57
Engineer-in-Chief,UK Atomic Energy Authority Research Group 1957-59
managing director,Lansing Bagnall Ltd and J.E. Shay Ltd 1959-64
Director of TI (Group Services) Ltd 1964-68
award C.B.E. 1956
married Mary Evelyn Fisher 1966
died 2.5.1973 Whitchurch-on-Thames,Oxfordshire
